davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-07
RAILROAD NOTES.

Mr.. Ross, the contractor on the first FIVE
miles east of town, is progressing very favora-
bly, with his work. He has a large force this
week near town at the intersection of his work
with that of Griffin d Gorton.
Griffin & Gorton, who continue five miles
west, have opened the ground on all their work
and have a large force on, the greater part at
present employed on the western end.
It is understood that Smith 81 Lathrop will
greatly increase their force, with the view of
completing as early as possible their contract
of six miles next west Of Griffin & Gorton's.
All the other contractors from Smith &
Lathrop's work to Blacks are pushing forward
as rapidly as they can.
Capt. Lewis will finish his work on Fishing
Creek trestle this week. 1t is 400 feet long and
As feet high over low water mark. His force
is now on Manning Creek and Bullock's Creek
~trestles, the former 700 feet long and so feet
high, and the latter 115O feet long and As feet
high.
The Shelby NeW Era says: "The poles for
the telegraph line of the Charleston, Cincinnati
and Chicago Railroad Company have been dis
tributed along the completed portion of the
road and other materials are now arriving. In
a few davs the erection of the line will be begun.
It is estimated that about fifteen days will be
required for the work.
"a branch of two miles is to be constructed
from the main line of the c., c. & c. r. R. to
the Henrietta Mills, low in course of erection
at High Shoals"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-07

manage farms. The Iowa women propose
to keep the pot boiling some way.On
the morning of the End instant, a heavy
earthquake shock was felt at Tucson, Ari-
IONA, lasting several seconds. Ex-
Governor Chamberlain is out in a letter
defending President Cleveland's admins
tration against the charges of not being a
civil service administration .Peace
has been restored between the Ute Indi-
ans and the whites in Colorado
siness failures occurring throughout the
country during last week number for the
United States It's, Canada "a, total of 1873,
against 1856 the previous The
recent State Democratic Convention OF
New York and Iowa strongly endorsed
Cleveland's administration. Senator
Riddleberger has got over his spree and
taken a new tack. He bid off the privil-
eye of selling liquor at the Shenandoah
Valley Fair for 81, 900, and now refuses to
allow a drop of liquor to be sold on the
grounds.""."..It is predicted that the cot
ton crop of the Memphis district, which
embraces west Tennessee, north Mississip-
pi, north Arkansas, and north Alabama,
will fall short by 4 1900 bales from the
prospect in July.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-07
Correspondence of the Yorkyille Enquirer.
NOTES FROM HOODTOWN.

HooDTowN, September 6.-Rev. Mr.,
Ariail, of this place, preached two very
interesting and intelligent sermons at
Shady Grove church on last Sunday which
were listened to very attentively. He
showed his hearers by his discourse, that
he had thoroughly studied his subjects.
After the first service, four were baptized
and connected themselves with the church.
The Quarterly Conference will be held
with Shady Grove church, which will en-
brace next Saturday and Sunday.
There was a change made with the mer-
chants here last week. Messrs. w. l.. &
G. E. Hood moved their stock of goods
out of Mrs. J. p. Hoods house into one
owned by them. MI. Samuel S. Plexico,
formerly of S. L. Davidson's old stand,
has moved his stock into the house that
Messrs. Hoods moved out of.
The farmers are about done pulling fod-
der, and are now busily engaged in gath
ering the cotton crop, which will take
them until neal Christmas to get through
with.
Little Robert Hood, son Mr.. George
Hood, picked two hundred and forty-tWo
pounds of cotton in one day. He is only
about eleven years old. Good for Robert!
William Hood, of this place, will start
for Baltimore the first of next month to
attend the Medical College. This will be
his first course.
School at this place is progressing. Three
more new pupils were enrolled this week:
This community can afford a good school
by necessary efforts on the part of patrons
and they are exercising that privilege.
The health of this n~eighborhood, gen
enerally, is good, though l hear OF a few
cases of chills. MEMO. :
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-07
Correspondence Of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM ROCK HILL.

Rock HILL, September 6.-Our town
has lost in name an old landmark. The
name of Gordon's Hotel has been changed
to the Central" and the old sign, which
has stood in front of the house for years,
was last week taken down and one dis
playing the new name substituted. The
hotel being in the centre of the town, the
new name is very appropriate. 1t will be
continued under the same management as
heretofore.
The officers of the council of the Amer.
lean Legion of Honor at this place, paid to-
day to the trustee of the children Of the
late Mrs. James A. Glenn, the sum of five
thousand dollars due them on a benefit GER
tifcate she held in the order. Mrs. Glenn's
death occurred only about thirty days ago,
and the promptness with which her bene.
f~ciaries were paid speaks we'll for the or
der. There are four Councils in York
one at Yorkville, one at Rock Hill, one at
Clover, one at Fort Mill, and a fifth one
is being organized at Tirzah.
Miss Emma Roach resumed the exer-
cises of her school on Magnolia street to.
day. -,
MI. S. C. Sturgis, who was recently elect
ed principal of the Rock Hill Academy,
will begin to-day to teach the young idea
how to Shoot. He will be assisted by Miss
Annie Pride.
Cotton has been coming in freely du:
ring the past week. 1t is to be regretted
that the price is so low, although the Rock
Hill buyers pay the highest market price.
An interesting religious service was com
menced in Ebenezer Church on Friday
last. The pastor, Rev. j. H. Thornwell,
is assisted by Rev. Charles Robinson, OF
North Carolina. -,
MI. D. E. Finley paid u town a visit
last week.
Mr.. C.. B. Simmons, who has been in
the cotton business at this place for the
last two years, has removed to Columbia:
AS will be remembered, the store OF
Henry Massey, at Tirzah, was burned on
the night of January -, 1886, supposed to
have been the act of an incendiary.
George w. Shackelford, a member OF the
Georgia Central Detective agency, has
been working up the case. Yesterday
Henry Hendricks, colored, was arrested
here and to-day had a preliminary hear
ing before Trial Justice Whyte. In de,
fault OF 81, 900 bail he was committed to jail
for trial.
The merchants of our town are begin
ming to receive their new goods. HAL.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-07
The Murkrille Guqnirer,
~YORKVILLE, 5. C.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER Z, 1887.
THE TRADE OF CHARLESTON

The Neaos and Courier of Monday pub
fishes an elaborate review of the trade OF
Charleston the past commercial year. II
shows a heavy falling off in cotton:receipts,
but a heavy gain in the receipts of naval
stores and domestics. The amount of gen.
eral wholesale and retail trade and Of
manufactures is three million dollars in
excess of the previous year. The total
trade is over sixty-six and a quarter mil
lion dollars, only six hundred thousand
dollars less than last year, despite the di'
minished cotton receipts. The review Of
the earthquakes work shows that in the
past year wei six thousand buildings have
been rebuilt or repaired and that two hun
dred and seventy-one new buildings have
been erected. The review is most encour'
aging for the future commercial prospects
of the "City by the Sea-"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-07
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

May & May, Agents for B.. B: Bone lived
the other died. Fourth Page.)
II. Baxter McClain-Wanted Wanted!
w. G.. Latimer-Repairs and Reinforcements
Withers Adickes-Rubber-like.
r. M. Dobson & Co.-50 New Fall Shapes fol
Ladies.
Hunter & Oates-New Goods.
Latta Brothers-Pau G.. McCorkle-Cottor
Buying.
H. F. Adickes-New Goods at the Grand Cen
R. c. Mccarter, Glover, S. Good Plantation
For Sale.
Jno. C. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS at Wholesale.
Lowry & Starr-Personal.
Kennedy Bros. & ~Barron-Shoes, Shoes.
John r.. Ashe-Cotton Seed Wanted.
James B. Allison, Clerk-Bridge Contract.
Jos. F. Wallace, c.. G. Pls.-Clerk's Sale.
Rose e. Sherrer-A New Beef Market.
Miss Bessie Mason-School Notice.
c.. H. Smith-Dog Training.
G. H. O'Leary, Intendant-The Official Month
ly Report of the Town Council.
H.. C. Warlick-Farmers, Look to Your Inter
est.
IT. S. Jefferys, President-Exchange Bank.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-07
THE RIGHT OF WAY CASES.

Our statement last week as to the decision of
the arbitrators in the case of right of way
over the lands of Mr.. J. W.. Dobson was only
partially correct. The arbitrator awarded him
$40 for right of way over land near the depot
grounds, but failing to agree as to the award
for right of way over a tract owned by him
farther east of town, their deliberations ended
without o binding conclusion in either case.
Mr.. Dobson then, through counsel, applied to
Judge Witherspoon for an order to give him
a jury to assess his damage, which motion is
now pending before the Judge. 1t would seem,
however, that there !. some doubt about Mr..
Dobson's right to a jury until after the com
pletion of the road, as he allowed the thirty
days notice to expire without compelling the
company to move for a jury.
From the award of the jury in the cases of
Withers Adickes and William Turner, allow
ing the former 800 and the latter $3.50 damages,
the Construction Company appealed to the
Court of Common Pleas, the damages being
regarded excessive.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-07
Rem BUTLER:S SCHEME.

Ben Buffers speech last Thursday after
noon, before the Butler Club of Boston,
which on that day celebrated the capture
of Fort Hatteras on the North Carolina
coast, was characteristic. The speech was
was for the greater part devoted to the
consideration of the treasury surplus. He
said he was in favor of distributing this
enormous sum equitably and make a SER
vice pension. He continued:
"When we were carrying on this war
the Nation borrowed money upon its
bonds from the bankers, and we may now
say it without offence, made the best bar
gain it could, and the Nation has owed
them a debt which it promised to pay in
gold and has paid every dollar of it that is
due. Now, the soldier had a debt, the
consideration of which was blood and
death-One that was certainly as solemn
and Just a debt as any any other, and we
took our pay in greenbacks. Distribute
this extra money among us and you come
within about Is per cent. of making the
thing equal-not more.
ga part of this money belongs to the
South. Almost seventeen years ago l said
in Congress that I looked forward to the
day when we should give relief to the
disabled Confederate soldiers. I was much
criticised at the time for saying it, but 1
am ready here and now, whether it is with
obloquy or with praise, to say. AS soon
as we have rewarded the men who fought
for the Union Pm content that the surplus
money of the United States shall be taken
for the purpose of administering to the
necessities of the Confederate soldiers OF
the South, who were not to blame for this
war, but are the only sufferers by it.
"But I want to say another thing to my
friends of the North and South. We new
er shall be able to relieve the necessities
of the wounded and MANNED C~onfederates
until every Union soldier is rewarded for
his valor and loyalty. And the quicker
every man votes for that the quicker he
will bring about this act of magnanimity
to the Southern people"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-07

cept a tendency to faintness on the part of
one of them. When about twelve years
ago a similar attempt was made, and the
height of $4,000 feet was reached, it was
with fatal results to three out of the four
aeronauts. The success Of the present ex-
pertinent is explained by the allegation
that the difficulties due to the rarefaction
of the atmosphere only begin at an alti-
tude of $4,000 or $4,000 feet. This view
seems supported by the fact that, in the
Himalays and the Andes, heights Of about
10000 feet have been on several occasions
reached without any inconvenience. In
such cases, however, the ascent has always
been gaadual. The ill effects experienced
in balloons are possibly due to the sudden
ness of the change"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-07
Correspondence Of the Yorkville Enquirer.
A SAD AND SHOCKING SUICIDE.

UNION, S. c., September 5.-The shock
to this community, on Sunday morning
last, when it was announced that Mr..
John Bramlett had killed himself the
night before, can better be imagined than
here described. Mr.. Bramlett retired to
his room abont1f O'Clock Saturday night
in good health and spirits, seemingly, to
all who saw him just before going to his
room. Early Sunday morning the SER
want who attends to Mr.. Bramlett's room
knocked at the door as usual and receiving
no response went back down to the store
and told the proprietor that he could not
wake Mr.. Bramlett, and something was
wrong. Upon this a step-ladder was taken
to the door of Mr.. Bramlett's room, and a
man got into the room through the tran
son..
Mr.. Bramlett was lying on the bed, I'M
dressed as if he had lain there to sleep.
It was upon examination found that he
was stiff dead. A note was found on the
little table near the bed, addressed to no
II have nothing in this world to live
for no pleasure here for me. Don'tgrieve
for me, friends and relatives. What is to
be will be. I don't believe there is any
hereafter"
A glass tumbler was also on the table,
the contents of which he had evidently
drank. There was a slight sediment of a
white looking powder on the glass. What
the poison was that he took is not fully
as yet a%scertained by the examining ply
stefan, who says that there was evidence
of commissions, though MI. Bramlett seem
ed to have died calmnly. His arms were
crossed upon his breast, his right hand
clutched tightly the left arm above the
elbow, and the shirt sleeve was slightly
torn where the hand grasped.
About a year ago Mr.. Bramlett came
here and entered the drug store of DR.. J.
w. Posey & Bro, as clerk, in which ca
pacity he gained many friends. He is a
native of Laurens county. He was in the
drug store on the fatal Saturdaynigh with
DR.. J. w. Posey-until about 104 o'clock,
at which hour they were seen come out
together. DR.. P. went home and Bramlett
went up stairs to his room. In a short
time Bramlett was seen to come down the
stairs, 20 back into the drug store and re-
main in there a very short time. He
came out, locked the door and went back
up the steps to his room. His most un-
accountable suicide puzzles every one, es-
pecially those with whom he talked and
laughed but a few minutes before he went
to his room on Saturday night. They say
that they never saw him in better spirits
and health of mind and body. The strange
deed will eyer remain a mystery.
He was aged about twenty-five years,
and leaves a father, mother, brothers and
sisters. OCCASIONAL.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-07
MENTION.

Miss Sudie Nets is visiting friends in
Union county.
H|Miss Willie Miller, of Rock Hill, is in York
vile, visiting friends.
Agnes Bludworth has returned to the
Statesville Female College.
Mrs. G. J. Robertson is in Rock Hill visit
ing the family of Rev. +. N. Joyner.
Miss Lula Carpenter, of Charleston, is visit
ing Miss Grace McElwee.
+Cadet II. T.. Neil returned to the Virginia
Military Institute, at Lexington, on yesterday
NMiss Annie X. Rawlinson, of this place, is
in Charlotte, visiting her sister, Mrs. Griffith.
1EDr. Thomas, and family, of Columbia, are
I'm Yorkville, visiting the family of Mr.. John
L. Lowry.
Sallie Adickes has returned home after
spending a pleasant week at Sparkling Cataw'
ba Springs.
Miss Annie Galbraith, of Chester, was in
Yorkville last week, visiting the family Of
Mr.. James A. Watson.
Mrs. Laubscher and daughter, of Charleston
are in Yorkville, visiting the family of Mr.
C. M. Church.
Miss Minnie L. Twitty and Miss Fay Twitty
of Spartanburg, are in Yorkville, visiting thei1
sister, Mrs. w. H. Colcock.
k Miss Allie Hart, of Wadmalaw Island, neal
Charleston, is in Yorkville, visiting her broth
er, G.. w. S. Hart, Esq.
DIR. w. G. White, is in Washington attend
ing the international Medical Congress. Be
fore returning home he will visit Baltimore
New York and several other points OF interest
LMiss Lucy A. Clarkson, of Atlanta, repre-
senting The Housekeeper and other publications
among them the Dirie Cook Book, of which she
is one of the compilers, has been in town fol
several days in the interest of the business sh'
Represents.
j. r. Bratton left this place on Saturday
last for Washington, as one of the delegate:
from South Carolina, to attend the meeting O.
the International Medical Congress which con
vened in that city last Monday.
Judge Witherspoon left home on Friday las
to preside over the Courts of the Fifth Circuit
beginning at Camden last Monday. The cir
cult includes Kershaw, Lexington, Richlanc
and Edgeield counties, the Courts of which
will occupy the Judges time, probably, unit
about the middle of November.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-07
Correspondence Of the YOrkville Enquirer.
NOTES FROM WESTERN YORK.

U1LO u " AAsAN oAsAA
HoPEwELL, August 5:-Everything is
quiet in this section. The last few days
have been very favorable for the farmers,
who are taking advantage of it, and are
busily engaged in saving fodder, except
those on the river who had the misfortune
to lose both corn and fodder.
ISOWing to the inclemency OF the wealth
er on Saturday last, the picnic which was
to have been near Mr.. Geo. Leech's, given
by the patrons of Miss Sue Walsh's school,
was a failure. For several weeks a good
many had ANTICIPATED a nice time on that
occasion consequently it was a sad disap-
pointment.
On Sunday, the 18th ultimo, Rev. j. w:
Ariail preached a missionary sermon at
Mt. Vernon, which must have touched a
tender place in the hearts of several, as the
collection amounted to over fifty dollars.
Cotton is opening very fast. There has
been too much. rain, which caused too
much weed. The yield will not be as good
as it was thought that it would be.
The protracted meeting at Shady Grove
closed last week. Rev. w. w. Daniel,
of Yorkville, was present the two last
days. There were some accesslons 10 the
church.
Our community is very much rejoiced
to see that a little more attention is being
given to some ofthe roads. Mr.. w. Brown,
overseer on the road running south from
Howell's Ferry, is putting his section in
good condition. Others might do like
wise, for some places are almost impassa-
BILE.
There is some sickness in this section.
Four cases of typhoid fever are reported
on Mr.. Smiths place neal Smiths Ford.
+ Miss Lucy r. Smarr has been visiting
friends and relatives for a few days in this
community.
w. Banks Good and wife are max
ing a short visit to Blacks.
We are glad to be able to announce that
Mrs. Morgan Horton, who has been dam
gerously i'll for some time, is recovering.
NOVICE.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-07
CHURCH NOTICES.

Presbyterian-Rev. T. r. English, Pastor.
Services next Sunday morning at 10. 30o'clock,
and at night at s. Sunday-school at 4 P. M.
Prayer meeting Tomorrow evening at 81 o'clock.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian-Rey. ].
c.. Galloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday
at Tirzah, at II A.. M. Sunday-school in York
vile at 5 P. NJ.
Methodist Episcopal-Rev. w. w. Daniel,
Pastor. Services next Sunday at 1890 A. M.
and 8 P. NJ. Sunday-school at P. M. Pray
er-meeting this evening at s o'clock.
Episcopal-Rev. Edmund N. Joyner, Rec
tor. Sunday-school at 4.30 P. NJ.
Baptist-Rev. F. G. Hickson, Pastor. Sun
dav-school at 3.45, P. NJ, next Sunday.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-07
OBITUARY.

DIED-Near Glover, on Monday, August 18th,
1887, Mr.. j. A.. J. GRAHAM, aged y years 8
months and II days.
Near Glover, on Friday, September End, 1887,
SYLVESTER CLEVELAND, son of Mr.. J.
w. Boyd, aged 4 months and 10 days.
From the effects of being scalded, near Clark's
Fork, in York county, on the oath ultimo, w.
MEEK, child OF Mr.. r. j. and Mrs. Ms. Love,
aged two years ten months and nine days.
This is the sixth child of these parents that has
died in the last sixteen years.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-07
THE COTTON OUTLOOK.

The New York ,Sun of Tuesday says:
The cotton speculation received a little
fresh blood yesterday, and took on a live
lier aspect than it had worn for some time
past. The new impulse came from the
neighborhood of the Stock Exchange, and
was on the bull side of the market. 1t
came with a report Of disaster to the crop
in Arkansas, by which the probable out
turn in that State was reduced 1907 900
bales. It was also asserted or the authori-
ty ola brief paragraph from the Agricultu-
raj Bureau at Washington that the entire
crop was injured IS per cent. in August.
On these pointers an early decline, caused
by large receipts at the ports, was soon
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-07
COTTON

Mr.. II. C. Warlick, representing a Charlotte
firm, gives notice through our columns to-day
that he has established himself at the store of
c. G.. Parish for the purpose of buying cotton
the present season.
AS will also be seen, Mr.. Watus, represent
ing a Monroe, N. c.. house, is located at the
store of w. c.. Latimer for the purpose of buy
ing cotton,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-07
NEW COTTON.

The first bale of cotton sold in this market
the present season was brought to town last
Wednesday by R. NJ. P. Robinson, of Bullock's
Creek township. 1t classed strict low mid
ding. He put it up at auction and it was bid
off by J. W. P. Hope & Co., at 9.S14. Since last
Wednesday there have been sold in this mar
ket of the new crop IL bales. The first bale
sold here last year was on the 2lst of Septem-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-07
MERE-MENTI0N.

Suits for damages, amounting in the ag-
gregate to $4,000, have been filed in
Consequence Of the Chatworth railroad
Wreck."""The New Hampshire Senate,
on Thursday, passed the House resolution
endorsing the Blair educational biz, by a
voting in the affirmative. mime hun
dred and fifty women in Iowa own and
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-07
Comparative Cotton Statement.
HYMENEAL.
NEW YORK, September 1.-The folio,

MARRIED-At the residence of the bride. in
Ebenezer township, on the evening of the 23rd
ultimo, by Rev. j. c. Galloway, Mr.. B. T.
BRUNER, of Mecklenburg county, N. c., and
Mrs. NJ. o. MILLER.
In Lincolnton, n. G., on Tuesday morning,
3Oth ultimo, by Rev. II. u. Johnston, MI.
DAN. G. CRAWFORD, of York county, s. c.,
In Charlotte, N. c., on Tuesday evening,
September 6, 1887, by Rev. J. Y. Fair, Mr.. J. j.
BOWEN, of Laurens, S. c., and Miss WILMA
X. RAWLINSON, Of Yorkville, S. c.,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-07

symptoms of poisoning. He summoned DR..
J. Wistar Allison, who concluded that there
were evidences of slight poisoning and treated
Mr.. Carpenter accordingly. The horseman
was an entire stranger to Mr.. Carpenter, who
is now convinced that an attempt was made to
| poison him.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-07
COTTON RECEIPTS,

The receipts of cotton at the Yorkville depot
from September 1st, 1886, to August 3lst, 1887,
aggregated 7,245 bales. For the two preceding
years the receipts were as follows: lSs5-9,566
bales; 1SS6-9425 bales.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-07
AeENsTTs OF THE TOWN.

No Tensus of the town having been made
since 1880, the Town Council have properlyde1
cided to have one taken, and Mr.. Chas. H. Dix
on has been employed for the purpose. He
commenced the work yesterday.